The Prodigal Son

Overview

A folk story about Zhou Chu appeared in the 430 book A New Account of the Tales of the World and proved to be very popular. Zhou Chu, a young man with supernatural power, is stubborn and rebellious, always doing bad things with good intentions, and is regarded as an outsider by the people of Wu County. One night, in order to save the children outside the city, Zhou Chu killed the white-fronted tiger demon, but unexpectedly, the tiger king (played by Chen Guokun) comes to people of Wu.